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News and Announcements

2024 Faculty of Arts holiday card unveiled

Kristina Penn's striking photograph of frazil ice in Tasààn Zhat Chù’ (Copper Joe Creek) selected as this year’s design

Six UCalgary researchers receive renewals of Canada Research Chairs

Combined with eight new CRC appointments, UCalgary receives more than $10 million in funding

Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society

Dr. Shelley Alexander of the Department of Geography joins an esteemed group of distinguished Canadians

UCalgary entrepreneurs help push boundaries of remote sensing

Master's student flies drone beyond visual line-of-sight to map hundreds of kilometres of seismic lines

Parex Fellows work to translate research into societal impact

Five new fellows focus on transportation, machine learning, community accessibility, lithium capture and Canadian history

Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship appoints 16 academic co-leads

New appointments will support expanding transdisciplinary scholarship at UCalgary

In the Media

In the News Brent Else, Geography, in CBC News

Canadian naval ship in Antarctica for first-of-its-kind climate study

In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in Times Colonist

Trump wants B.C.'s water: Plausible or one big pipe dream?

In the News Andrea Freeman, Geography, in The Saskatoon StarPhoenix

Indigenous site near Prince Albert could date back 11,000 years: researchers

In the News Tricia Stadnyk, Geography, in Daily Kos

Trump thinks he invaded California and turned on a magic water faucet

In the News Trevor Tombe, Economics, in The Conversation

Trump returns: nine things to expect for the climate

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Dr. Catherine Wolfram

Global Climate Progress in a Trump II World?

With climate action facing setbacks, what’s next? Discover a proposal for a “Heavy Industry Climate Club” to drive global solutions.

March 7, 3:30 p.m.
Ballroom, MacEwan Hall 

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